The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20
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admission into the union and also the
improbabillty that any good wonld &C.
crue to the distinctive interests of the
people Of Dakota by the presence of
tour senators instead of two; we now
propose to further expose the rank and
deep deceit animating the leaders of
the division movement in their over
weening desire to gain admission for
Dakota as two states and the methods
adopted by them to hoodwink the
people and arouse their passions against
the party in power both in the terri
tory and the union, with the hope
thereby, as must be evident of dis
tracing the attention Of the people
from the consideration Of the true
issues.
AS classified by lis in our issue of
the 9Th inst, this will include the 3rd.
and 18th. reasons therein given, viz:
the spirit of carpet bagism-the puri.
fcation oflegislative matters. On these
points we present the facts and figure,
which will at onces show the hollowness
and %rottenness Of the stock in trade of
the would be disruptionists. Let us see
what there is to this howl Of carpet
bagism, this cry that it is the Demo.
cratic party which has opposed and is
opposing division and admission. 1t
is worthy of remark that for the 25
years that the territory has been under
republican rule, the demand for div
ision or admission has been, if not in.
sincere, at least 4 very feeble one and
when h ,republican party was in power
in both branches Of congress as it was
in 1882, a pretext was easily found for
keeping Dakota, either as q whole or
divided, out Of the union, for is it not
apparent that by the admission of the
territory either as one or two states,
that then the occupation OF the carpet
Dagger would be gone and no oppor-
tunity thus afforded to republican adj
m%instrations to foist upon the people
the disappointed politicians Of the
country? The divisionists now raise
this cry because the Democrats are in
power. Now what are the facts?
In 1881 the territory Of Dakota as
it exists today was organized, since
which time up to the beginning of this
year there have been eight governors,
to- wit, Jayne Of Illinois, Edmunds Of
Michigan, Faux of Pennsylvania,
Burbank of Indiana, Pennington Of.
Alabama, Howard of Michigan, Ord
way of New Hampshire, and Pierce
of Illinois; of whom only one,-Ed-
munds-was a resident Of Dakota at
the time Of his appointment.
Of the ten Secretaries, all were i'm
ported except Hand; of the 7 y. S.
Marshals, all except two; of the Sur
veyors General, all, six-were imported
and of the seven U. S. District Attor-
;neys, all except Hand and Pond were
carpet-baggers. The same is true of
the Judges and Land officers, nearly
all, scarcely an exception, came from
the states and had no interest in the
territory and left as soon astheir terms
Of service expired or they were remov
ed.
In contrast with the spirit Animal
ing republican administrations i'll the
government Of Dakota, it is especially
worthy Of mention
the howl in some quarters,-the large
preponderance Of those who fill i'm
portant places in the territory that
were old residents. Though Governor
Church was from New York, like Gov.
Edmunds, at the time of his appoint
ment, he had been for over a year a
resident of Dakota, Secretary McCor.
mack, u. S. District Attorney Ca'-
land, u. S. Marshal Maratta and Sur
yeyor General Taylor we're all old
timers Of Dakota, having resided there,
each of them, for more than Is years.
So of those appointed to the bench,
Chief Justice Trip was a resident
for 18 years, Judge Mcconnell for five,
the other two judicial appointments
from the states.
OF the % U. S. land offices, of
whom there are eight hold over repub-
licans. the majority of them were old
residents, whose period of residence
extended from five to 81 years. So
that if comparisons are odious at all
It will be seen that this cry of carpet
bagism, with which to inhame the
passions Of the people, is the veriest
trash that men claiming to have a
neritorious cause, could possibly per-
petrate.
The other branch Of this subject,
to-wit, that by division our legislative
matters will be purified is n thing
concerning which above all things,
the schemers should seek to purge
themselves of the TENT that affects the
whole division movement, for if any
thing is evident at all, this is most
plainly and painfully palpable, viz:
the shameful and prodigate, bare
faced and unscrupulous prostitution
of the public service to personal and
partisan uses. Need we evidence Of
Sthis2 if 50, turn to the pages Of the
laws Of those legislatures, the infamy
:of whose acts is found in the indices
III their titles only. And who are they
Who have made this legislative history
sof. Dakota FL record Of sectional in
tri0ues, crude laws, shameful profigacy
and defiance Of the popular
win? Scan the lists
md you will find among them
rnrnno nf thnao d~iuicioniats who